socket bayonet to create a spear or pike for impacting an enemy’s line. It was also designed to be durable and to withstand the rigors of years of active campaigning. The Brown Bess was to ...

The Brown Bess Flintlock Musket came in 3 sizes ... 3 times a minute and this formidable weapon would have a 17" socket bayonet attached for the charge. As will be appreciated with bayonet ...

In an open field, Patriot militiamen would likely have fired two rounds from their muskets before turning tail and running off to avoid being impaled on the shiny steel bayonets of the charging ...

It was cumbersome, and the invention of the socket bayonet ... then till the 1830s various variants of what became known as Brown Bess were the standard British infantry weapon.